A big THANK YOU to the 70+ attendees who trekked virtually with me to the 19,351’/5895 metre high summit of Kilimanjaro hosted by the Guelph Public Library. I’m pictured here with some of my friends and fellow aviators from Waterloo on the Grand 99s.

Every mountain presents a different challenge. As you may recall I climbed Kilimanjaro, in July 2018 and as a result, with far too much assurance I assumed if I could tread upon Kili’s 5,895 metre (19,341′) summit, Djebel Toubkal’s 4,167 metre (13,343′) summit would be a cake walk. Wrong again. At first the path was…

Armchair Travel to the summit of Kilimanjaro Please join us Saturday, January 12, 2:30-3:30 p.m. to enjoy The Snows of Kilimanjaro & Beyond, with photographer and adventurer Lola Reid Allin. After a successful summit of Kilimanjaro in July 2018 through more snow than the tallest freestanding mountain has received in 20 years, Lola travels to the Serengeti by…